Understanding Funding Information Section in SPARCRequest (Work in Progress)

This Guide is meant to provide guidance in filling out the Funding Information Section of the Step 2 in submitting request a SPARCRequest.

All studies at MUSC are funded in some way. Any services that are requested through SPARC that have a price are funded by some type of funding source. The only types of unfunded research/studies at MUSC are “Student-Funded Research” (We will go into further details later on in the guide).

Required Fields/Validations (Red Asterisk next to Field Title)

Required Fields/Validations (Red Asterisk next to Field Title)
Field	Description
Proposal Funding Status	Please select the funding Status of your study currently: Pending Funding: Meant for studies that are acquiring funding for their study or waiting to receive their funding Funded: is for studies that have a clear funding source
Funding Source	This field is where a research team would select exactly what type of funding they have
Sponsor Name	This field is where a research team will enter the sponsor of their study or services

There are several different types of funding sources that MUSC recognizes. The table below will provide a breakdown of each type of funding.

Types of Funding Source

Types of Funding Source
Description	Types of Study
College Department	If your study is funded by departmental or college funds If you don’t have funding then your study is being covered by the department
Federal	If your study is directly funded by government source such as NIH or DoD
Foundation/Organization	If your study is funded directly by Not-for-Profits and 501c3 organizations
Industry Initiated/Industry Sponsored	If your study is funded directly by corporations/companies If your study is requested a corporation/company
Investigator Initiated/Industry Sponsored	If and investigator’s research is directly funded by corporation/companies If an investigator’s unique research idea is funded by a corporation/company
Internal Funded Pilot Projects*	If your study is funded via a voucher or other internally funded source. At MUSC these are usually pilot projects
Student Funded Research	Study being done by a student without additional funding

The other fields in this section are considered optional fields that can be completed if the information is available

Optional Fields

Optional Fields
Field	Description
Financial Account (UDAK #)
Guarantor Information
Contact	Research Team will enter the name of billing manager
Phone	Research Team will enter the Guarantor’s Phone number
Email	Research Team will enter the Guarantor’s Email
Federal Grant Information
These Fields only appear when the funding source is Federal
Grant Code	Research Team will enter the Grant Code. Grant Code is the
Serial Number
Title
PHS Sponsor
Non-PHS Sponsor